SCONRES 23 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.

Introduced Mar 14, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Don Nickles R-OK

Latest action · Jun 27, 2003 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8849)

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IntroducedMar 14, 2003
Agreed to in SenateMar 26, 2003
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2004, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2003 and for FY 2005 through 2013.

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) public debt; and (6) debt held by the public.

(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY 2003 through 2013.

(Sec. 104) Directs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to report a reconciliation bill by May 1, 2003, that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to decrease the total levels of outlays by no more than $2.15 billion for the period of FY 2004 through 2013.

Directs the Senate Committee on Finance to report a reconciliation bill by April 8, 2003, that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues by no more than $698.294 billion, and increase the total level of outlays by not more than $27.476 billion for the period of FY 2003 through 2013.

Title II: Budget Enforcement and Rulemaking - Subtitle A: Budget Enforcement - (Sec. 201) Extends congressional supermajority enforcement requirements.

(Sec. 202) Extends Senate discretionary limits for FY 2003 through 2005.

(Sec. 203) Sets forth prohibitions on advance appropriations in the Senate. Excepts advance appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006 for specified accounts identified for advance appropriations and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Allows waiver or suspension of a point of order on advance appropriations in the Senate only by an affirmative three-fifths majority vote.

(Sec. 204) Authorizes and defines the criteria for emergency legislation.

(Sec. 205) Prohibits Senate legislation that would require advanced appropriations and legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit.

Subtitle B: Reserve Funds and Other Adjustments - (Sec. 211) Authorizes the chairman of the Committee on the Budget (Chairman), if grants to States for special education are reauthorized subject to specified requirements, to make budget authority revisions for such grants under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of up to: (1) $205 million if the Committee on Appropriations reports legislation that provides in excess of $4.803 billion in new budget authority for FY 2004; and (2) $209 million if the Committee on Appropriations reports legislation that combined with any advance appropriations for FY 2005 provides in excess of $11.038 billion.

(Sec. 212) Authorizes the Chairman to revise committee allocation for the appropriate committees to reauthorize the programs set out in the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century if legislative action occurs to reauthorize programs under such Act and provide new governmental receipts.

(Sec. 213) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation to reform Medicare and improve the access of beneficiaries to prescription drugs or promote geographic equity payments, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $400 billion for FY 2004 through 2013.

(Sec. 214) Allows the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation that provides health insurance for the uninsured, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $50 billion for FY 2004 through 2013.

(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation that authorizes States to allow families with disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for them, to revise committee allocations, budgetary aggregates, and allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $43 million in new budget authority and $42 million in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $7.462 billion in new budget authority and $7.262 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.

(Sec. 216) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation that provides significant reform of the Medicaid Program through an option for the States to receive their Medicaid and SCHIP money in an allotment that would be indexed at predetermined rates, to revise committee allocations, budgetary aggregates, and allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution, as long as they do not increase the deficit, by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $3.258 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $8.944 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (3) $12.782 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2010.

(Sec. 217) Allows the Chairman, if the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that will facilitate procurement for inclusion by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Strategic National Stockpile of countermeasures necessary to protect the public health from threats of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents (Project Bioshield), to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to specified amounts: (1) $890 million in new budget authority and $575 million in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $5.593 billion in new budget authority and $5.593 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.

(Sec. 218) Allows the Chairman, if the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources reports legislation subsequently enacted that will permit exploration and production of oil in the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and makes available a portion of the resulting receipts to the National Park Service Stateside Grant Program, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $750 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (2) $2 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2013, provides no funds become available before FY 2006 and the amount made available in any single fiscal year does not exceed $250 million.

(Sec. 219) Allows the Chairman, if the Committee on Finance reports legislation that extends the availability of FY 1998 and 1999 expired State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments and the expiring FY 2000 allotments, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $1.26 billion in new budget authority and $85 million in outlays for FY 2003; (2) $1.33 billion in new budget authority and $85 billion in outlays for FY 2004; (3) $1.95 billion in new budget authority and $845 million in outlays for FY 2003 through 2008; and (4) $1.825 billion in new budget authority and $975 million in outlays for FY 2003 through 2013.

Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 221) Requires the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget to make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution according to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) upon enactment of any bill or resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions.

(Sec. 222) Sets forth requirements for enforcement of this resolution and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the House and the Senate.

Title III: Sense of the Senate - (Sec. 301) Expresses the sense of the Senate that rates of compensation for U.S. civilian employees should be adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed services.

(Sec. 302) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) this resolution recognizes the funding challenges faced by tribal colleges and assumes that priority consideration will be provided to them through funding through the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act, the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act, title III of the Higher Education Act, and the National Science Foundation Tribal College Program; and (2) such priority consideration reflects Congress' intent to continue to work toward statutory Federal funding goals for the tribal colleges and universities.

(Sec. 303) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) the performance of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in administering the Federal Credit Reform Act for the 504 small business credit program remains unsatisfactory; (2) the administration should develop an econometric model for the 504 program for use in the FY 2004 appropriations cycle; and (3) OMB should report to the Budget and Small Business Committees on the progress of this work by June 2003.

(Sec. 304) Declares the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that: (1) within the discretionary allocation provided to the Committee on Appropriations, the maximum Pell Grant award should be raised to the maximum extent practicable, and funding for the Pell Grant program should be higher than the level requested by the President; and (2) to the maximum extent practicable, Congress should seek to increase the maximum individual Federal Pell Grant award to $9,000 by FY 2010.

(Sec. 305) Declares the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that the Department of Defense will give priority to fully funding the Active Guard/Reserves and Military Technicians at least at the minimum required levels.

(Sec. 306) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) the functional totals in this resolution assume that the Department of Defense should give priority to fully implementing the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 with respect to establishment of additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) (at least one in each State and territory); and (2) the Department should increase its full-time manning requirements to include the 506 additional full-time National Guard personnel that will be needed to man the 23 additional WMD-CSTs.

(Sec. 307) Declares the sense of the Senate that the Senate: (1) develop a long-term drought plan that effectively recognizes the reoccurring nature of drought cycles and adequately supports emergency and disaster assistance to livestock and agricultural producers hurt by drought; and (2) establish an agricultural reserve to fund activities under such a plan.

Recorded votes 1

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
Senate 108	On the Concurrent Resolution S.Con.Res. 23	Concurrent Resolution Agreed to56–44	Mar 26, 2003

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Committees 1

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Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Budget Committee	Markup Mar 14, 2003Reported as an original measure Mar 14, 2003

Actions 18

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Jun 27, 2003Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8849)
Mar 26, 2003Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4405-4422)
Mar 26, 2003Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 44. Record Vote Number: 108.
Mar 26, 2003Senate incorporated this measure in H.Con.Res.95 as an amendment.
Mar 26, 2003Senate agreed to companion measure H.Con.Res. 95 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.

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In the Congressional Record 13

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2359	Mark E. Souder R-IN	Nov 20, 2003
Senate	Debate and remarks S8849	William H. Frist R-TN	Jun 27, 2003
Senate	Amendments S4631	Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD (amendment), Barbara Boxer D-CA (amendment), Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ (amendment), John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (amendment), Mark Dayton D-MN (amendment), Patrick J. Leahy D-VT (amendment), Russell D. Feingold D-WI (amendment)	Apr 1, 2003
Senate	Debate and remarks S4508	Max Baucus D-MT	Mar 27, 2003
Senate	Debate and remarks S4398, S4402–S4422, S4429Amendments S4406, S4408, S4410, S4411, S4412, S4413, S4414, S4436, S4447, S4451, S4452Recorded votes S4408, S4409, S4411, S4412, S4422Dayton amendment (Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding)Kerry amendment (expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS)Landrieu amendment (pay and benefits for active duty, National Guard and Reserve forces and modernization of National Guard and Reserves equipment, weapons, and technology funding)Murkowski amendment (extend child tax credit provisions of budget resolution)setting forth	Barbara Boxer D-CA (amendment), Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR (amendment), Byron L. Dorgan D-ND, Carl Levin D-MI, Christopher J. Dodd D-CT (amendment), Chuck Grassley R-IA, Debbie Stabenow D-MI (amendment), Dianne Feinstein D-CA, Don Nickles R-OK, Edward M. Kennedy D-MA (amendment), Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ (amendment), Harry Reid D-NV, Herb Kohl D-WI (amendment), Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY (amendment), Jack Reed D-RI (amendment), James M. Inhofe R-OK, Jeff Bingaman D-NM (amendment), John F. Kerry D-MA, John Warner R-VA (amendment), Jon Kyl R-AZ, Jon S. Corzine D-NJ (amendment), Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE, Judd Gregg R-NH, Kent Conrad D-ND (amendment), Lisa Murkowski R-AK (amendment), Mark Dayton D-MN (amendment), Mary L. Landrieu D-LA (amendment), Max Baucus D-MT, Mitch McConnell R-KY (amendment), Pat Roberts R-KS, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT (amendment), Patty Murray D-WA (amendment), Paul S. Sarbanes D-MD, Peter Fitzgerald R-IL (amendment), Richard J. Durbin D-IL (amendment), Ron Wyden D-OR (amendment), Saxby Chambliss R-GA (amendment), Thad Cochran R-MS, Thomas A. Daschle D-SD (amendment), Tim Johnson D-SD (amendment), Tom Harkin D-IA (amendment), William H. Frist R-TN	Mar 26, 2003

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Research

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Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-218	DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004149 pages	Appropriations Committee	Dec 31, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-218	DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004517 pages	Appropriations Committee	Mar 19, 2003–Apr 9, 2003

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Cite it 3

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Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL31943	Budget Enforcement Procedures: The Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rule	Report	Jan 9, 2023
RL32838	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Votes and Legislative Actions, 96th-114th Congresses Archived	Report	Jul 30, 2020
RL30297	Congressional Budget Resolutions: Historical Information	Report	Nov 16, 2015

Amendments 171

Amendments offered to this resolution.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
SA 262	No description on file	Ernest F. Hollings D-SC	Senate amendment submitted
SA 263	No description on file	Ernest F. Hollings D-SC	Senate amendment submitted
SA 264	To prevent further deficit increases, except for national and homeland security and short-term effects of measures providing for economic recovery, until the President submits to Congress a detailed estimate of the full cost of the conflict with Iraq.	Kent Conrad D-ND	Amendment SA 264 ruled out of order by the chair.
SA 265	To eliminate tax cuts.	Ernest F. Hollings D-SC	Amendment SA 265 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 22 - 77. Record Vote Number: 69.
SA 266	To redirect $1.214 trillion in revenues that would have been lost by implementing the President's entire tax cut agenda into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long-term.	Kent Conrad D-ND	Motion to table amendment SA 266 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 42. Record Vote Number: 58.
SA 267	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 268	No description on file	Lindsey Graham R-SC	Senate amendment submitted
SA 269	No description on file	Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 270	To set aside a reserve fund for possible military action and reconstruction in Iraq.	Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Motion by Senator Frist to reconsider the vote (Roll Call No. 67) by which amendment SA 270 was agreed to was withdrawn in Senate.
SA 271	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 272	To prevent consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation bill.	Barbara Boxer D-CA	Amendment SA 272 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 48. Record Vote Number: 59.
SA 273	No description on file	Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE	Senate amendment submitted
SA 274	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the urgent need for legislation to ensure the long term viability of the Social Security program.	Lindsey Graham R-SC	Amendment SA 274 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S3947)
SA 275	To express the sense of the Senate concerning State fiscal relief.	John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV	Amendment SA 275 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 19. Record Vote Number: 64.
SA 276	No description on file	Paul S. Sarbanes D-MD	Senate amendment submitted
SA 277	No description on file	Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 278	To make available funds for the COPS program.	Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE	Amendment SA 278 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 78.
SA 279	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the urgent need for legislation to ensure the long term viability of the Social Security program.	Lindsey Graham R-SC	Proposed amendment SA 279 withdrawn in Senate.
SA 280	No description on file	Richard G. Lugar R-IN	Senate amendment submitted
SA 281	To increase the budget allocation for programs to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to reduce the deficit.	John F. Kerry D-MA	Amendment SA 281 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 104.
SA 282	To express the sense of the Senate that a commission be established to review the efficiency of Federal agencies.	Sam Brownback R-KS	Amendment SA 282 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 283	To express the sense of the Senate that the States and localities should be reimbursed through the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program for the fiscal burdens undocumented criminal aliens place on their criminal justice systems.	Dianne Feinstein D-CA	Amendment SA 283 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 284	To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act in 2004 and reduce debt by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest taxpayers.	Patty Murray D-WA	Motion to table amendment SA 284 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 48. Record Vote Number: 60.
SA 285	To express the sense of the Senate that economic stimulus legislation enacted pursuant to the instructions contained in this concurrent resolution on the budget should include provisions to make higher education affordable.	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Amendment SA 285 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 286	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 287	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 288	To provide financial security to family farm and small business owners by ending the unfair practice of taxing someone at death.	Jon Kyl R-AZ	Amendment SA 288 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 62.
SA 289	No description on file	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 290	No description on file	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 291	No description on file	George V. Voinovich R-OH	Senate amendment submitted
SA 292	No description on file	George V. Voinovich R-OH	Senate amendment submitted
SA 293	No description on file	Orrin G. Hatch R-UT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 294	To provide a meaningful prescription drug benefit in Medicare that is available to all beneficiaries.	Bob Graham D-FL	Motion to table amendment SA 294 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 44. Record Vote Number: 63.
SA 295	No description on file	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Senate amendment submitted
SA 296	To express the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General should conduct a study on the need and cost to establish radio interoperability between law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical services, and that Congress should authorize and appropriate $20,000,000 for grants to local governments to assist fire departments and emergency medical services agencies to establish radio interoperability.	John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV	Amendment SA 296 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S4260)
SA 297	No description on file	Richard J. Durbin D-IL	Senate amendment submitted
SA 298	No description on file	Maria Cantwell D-WA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 299	To provide immediate assistance to meet pressing homeland security needs by providing funding in 2003 for first responders, port security, bioterrorism preparedness and prevention, border security and transit security, the FBI; to restore the elimination of funding of the COPS program, firefighter equipment grants, Byrne Grants and Local Law enforcement grants; to provide a sustained commitment of resources for homeland security needs without reducing funding to other key domestic law enforcement and public safety priorities; and to reduce the deficit.	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Amendment SA 299 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 65.
SA 300	To restore national security funding.	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Amendment SA 300 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 53. Record Vote Number: 68.
SA 301	No description on file	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 302	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 303	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 304	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 305	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 306	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 307	No description on file	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Senate amendment submitted
SA 308	No description on file	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Senate amendment submitted
SA 309	To provide the Committee on Finance of the Senate with additional options to reform and improve medicaid without the need to resort to block grant allotments with predetermined growth rates, which fail to adjust for economic recessions, demographic changes, or disasters.	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Amendment SA 309 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 310	No description on file	Jack Reed D-RI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 311	To increase the maximum Pell Grant from $4,050 to $4,500 at a cost of $1.8 billion and reduce the public debt by an additional $1.8 billion, both paid for by a reduction in the non-reconciliation tax cut.	Edward M. Kennedy D-MA	Amendment SA 311 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S4250)
SA 312	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 313	No description on file	Robert C. Byrd D-WV	Senate amendment submitted
SA 314	No description on file	James M. Inhofe R-OK	Senate amendment submitted
SA 315	To ensure that the budget includes funds to extend temporary unemployment compensation benefits, provides benefits to the million long-term unemployed Americans, and provides benefits to part-time and low-wage workers.	Edward M. Kennedy D-MA	Amendment SA 315 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 85.
SA 316	No description on file	Patty Murray D-WA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 317	To increase funding for the EPA for Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.	Mike Crapo R-ID	Amendment SA 317 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 318	To increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax reductions for taxpayers with annual incomes greater then $300,000, and to provide an additional $3,000,000,000 for deficit reduction.	Patrick J. Leahy D-VT	Amendment SA 318 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 88.
SA 319	No description on file	Carl Levin D-MI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 320	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 321	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 322	No description on file	Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 323	No description on file	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Senate amendment submitted
SA 324	To allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve Personnel and their families on a continual basis, offset with reductions to the tax cut.	Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR	Amendment SA 324 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 51. Record Vote Number: 81.
SA 325	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 326	No description on file	Carl Levin D-MI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 327	No description on file	Carl Levin D-MI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 328	To increase investments in implementation of the National Fire Plan to benefit national forests, the environment, local communities and local economies.	Ron Wyden D-OR	Amendment SA 328 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 329	No description on file	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Senate amendment submitted
SA 330	In the nature of a substitute.	Thomas R. Carper D-DE	Amendment SA 330 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 57. Record Vote Number: 95.
SA 331	No description on file	Jon S. Corzine D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 332	No description on file	Jon S. Corzine D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 333	No description on file	Ernest F. Hollings D-SC	Senate amendment submitted
SA 334	No description on file	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 335	No description on file	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Senate amendment submitted
SA 336	No description on file	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Senate amendment submitted
SA 337	No description on file	Wayne Allard R-CO	Senate amendment submitted
SA 338	No description on file	Wayne Allard R-CO	Senate amendment submitted
SA 339	To reduce tax cut to $350 billion.	John B. Breaux D-LA	Amendment SA 339 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 38 - 62. Record Vote Number: 76.
SA 340	No description on file	Herb Kohl D-WI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 341	To increase new budget authority and outlays for National Defense (050) in order to permit phased-in concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 60 percent or higher.	Harry Reid D-NV	Amendment SA 341 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 342	No description on file	Harry Reid D-NV	Senate amendment submitted
SA 343	To increase funding for port security.	Ernest F. Hollings D-SC	Amendment SA 343 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S4253)
SA 344	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 345	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 346	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 347	No description on file	Richard G. Lugar R-IN	Senate amendment submitted
SA 348	To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program.	Max Baucus D-MT	Amendment SA 348 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 51. Record Vote Number: 82.
SA 349	To revise the resolution to accommodate in reconciliations legislation a partially refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their family caregivers who pay these expenses; in which "eligible expenses" shall include prescription drugs, medical bills, durable medical equipment, home health care custodial care, respite care, adult day care, transportation to chronic care or medical facilities, specialized therapy (including occupational therapy, physical therapy, or rehabilitational therapy), other specialized services for children (including day care for children with special needs) and other long term care related expenses as defined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and in which "individuals with long term or chronic care needs" of daily living, individuals with severe cognitive impairment, individuals with complex medical conditions, and other individuals with similar levels of disability or need for care.	Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD	Amendment SA 349 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 72.
SA 350	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 351	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 352	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 353	To express the sense of the Senate concerning the expansion of health care coverage.	Gordon H. Smith R-OR	Amendment SA 353 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 354	To express the sense of the Senate concerning funding for children's graduate medical education.	Mike DeWine R-OH	Amendment SA 354 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 355	To express the sense of the Senate that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to improve the justice system will be fully funded at the levels authorized for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2007.	Mike DeWine R-OH	Amendment SA 355 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 356	No description on file	Chuck Grassley R-IA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 357	To increase the funds provided to expand coverage for the uninsured from the $50 billion currently included in the budget resolution to the $88 billion recommended in the President's budget and offset the cost by reducing the unreconciled portion of the tax cut.	Edward M. Kennedy D-MA	Amendment SA 357 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 358	To make available funds for certain transportation programs.	Christopher S. Bond R-MO	Amendment SA 358 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 21. Record Vote Number: 79.
SA 359	No description on file	Carl Levin D-MI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 360	No description on file	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 361	To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives.	Thomas A. Daschle D-SD	Amendment SA 361 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 87.
SA 362	No description on file	Susan M. Collins R-ME	Senate amendment submitted
SA 363	No description on file	Thomas A. Daschle D-SD	Senate amendment submitted
SA 364	No description on file	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 365	No description on file	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 366	No description on file	Patty Murray D-WA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 367	No description on file	Jon S. Corzine D-NJ	Senate amendment submitted
SA 368	No description on file	Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX	Senate amendment submitted
SA 369	To make additional funds available for certain homeland security needs.	Thad Cochran R-MS	Amendment SA 369 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 66.
SA 370	No description on file	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Senate amendment submitted
SA 371	No description on file	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Senate amendment submitted
SA 372	To end the abusive use of offshore tax havens (ending tax advantages for corporate inversions and closing the Bermuda reinsurance loophole) and use half of the resulting revenues of $4.7 billion over ten years to reduce the deficit and half to restore funding for education, with the education increases to be split evenly between IDEA, school construction and modernization, and after-school programs.	Carl Levin D-MI	Amendment SA 372 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 373	No description on file	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 374	No description on file	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 375	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 376	To provide full funding for the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) part B grants over ten years by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest tax payers.	Kent Conrad D-ND	Amendment SA 376 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 70.
SA 377	To increase funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount.	Judd Gregg R-NH	Amendment SA 377 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 10. Record Vote Number: 71.
SA 378	No description on file	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 379	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 380	No description on file	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 381	To raise the 2003 caps by $3.5 billion for homeland security funding through a Domestic Defense Fund at the Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in FY 2003 and to reduce the size of newly proposed tax cuts in the amount of $7 billion to pay for this amendment and for the cost of previously passed homeland security funding.	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Amendment SA 381 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 73.
SA 382	To restore funding for programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.	Maria Cantwell D-WA	Amendment SA 382 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 102.
SA 383	To ensure that the number of children in afterschool programs does not decrease.	Barbara Boxer D-CA	Amendment SA 383 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S4408)
SA 384	No description on file	Barbara Boxer D-CA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 385	To increase FY 2004 funding for the discretionary programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs by $1,019,000,000, so it matches the level proposed by a coalition of veterans groups in the Independent Budget; to decrease the deficit by a similar amount; and to use the unreconciled tax cut to pay for it.	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Amendment SA 385 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 74.
SA 386	To reduce the reconciliation instruction by $375 billion, reduce the size of tax cuts allowed by $980 billion and to reduce deficits by $1.1 Trillion.	Tom Harkin D-IA	Motion to table amendment SA 386 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 42. Record Vote Number: 75.
SA 387	To provide adequate funds for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).	Robert C. Byrd D-WV	Amendment SA 387 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 77.
SA 388	To require annual reports on the liabilities and future costs of the Federal Government and its programs.	George V. Voinovich R-OH	Amendment SA 388 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 389	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the urgent need for increased funding for the Corps of Engineers.	Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX	Amendment SA 389 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 390	To make a technical amendment.	Don Nickles R-OK	Amendment SA 390 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 391	To express the Sense of the Senate regarding highway spending.	Ted Stevens R-AK	Amendment SA 391 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 392	No description on file	Tom Harkin D-IA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 393	No description on file	Tom Harkin D-IA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 394	No description on file	Richard J. Durbin D-IL	Senate amendment submitted
SA 395	To increase budget authority and outlays in Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) and Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Security) to establish a New Homestead Venture Capital Fund to make equity and near equity investments in start-up and expanding businesses located in high out-migration rural counties and to repay up to 50% of college loans (up to $10,000) for recent graduates who live and work in such counties for five years, respectively; and to express the sense of the Senate that any economic stimulus or other revenue measure passed by Congress in the future should include tax incentives designed to address the devastating problem of chronic out-migration from rural communities in America?s Heartland.	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND	Amendment SA 395 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 396	To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets.	Tom Harkin D-IA	Amendment SA 396 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 89.
SA 397	To provide for a $150 billion revenue stimulus for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 without adding to the long-term debt.	John F. Kerry D-MA	Amendment SA 397 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 37 - 62. Record Vote Number: 100.
SA 398	No description on file	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 399	No description on file	John Ensign R-NV	Senate amendment submitted
SA 400	To increase spending in the foreign affairs account.	Richard G. Lugar R-IN	Amendment SA 400 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 401	To increase discretionary health spending for fiscal year 2004 by $2,800,000,000 and make an offsetting reduction in overall administrative expenses.	Arlen Specter D-PA	Amendment SA 401 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 1. Record Vote Number: 80.
SA 402	No description on file	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 403	To increase Impact Aid.	James M. Inhofe R-OK	Amendment SA 403 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 404	No description on file	Don Nickles R-OK	Senate amendment submitted
SA 405	No description on file	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Senate amendment submitted
SA 406	No description on file	Debbie Stabenow D-MI	Senate amendment submitted
SA 407	To express the sense of the Senate that the final budget conference agreement should not take or propose any actions that reduce the level of funding provided for domestic nutrition assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture below current baseline spending levels for the programs.	Debbie Stabenow D-MI	Amendment SA 407 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 408	To require polluters to pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites, by reinstating the original superfund taxes.	Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ	Amendment SA 408 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 56. Record Vote Number: 97.
SA 409	To provide full and mandatory funding for IDEA beginning in FY2004.	Mark Dayton D-MN	Amendment SA 409 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 28 - 70. Record Vote Number: 103.
SA 410	No description on file	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Senate amendment submitted
SA 411	To provide a substitute.	Kent Conrad D-ND	Amendment SA 411 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 56. Record Vote Number: 83.
SA 412	To foster greater debate in the Senate and to prevent further increases in the deficit by striking the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Finance.	Robert C. Byrd D-WV	Amendment SA 412 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 52. Record Vote Number: 84.
SA 413	To repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits.	Jim Bunning R-KY	Motion by Senator Frist to reconsider the vote (Roll Call No. 94) by which amendment SA 413 was not agreed to was withdrawn in Senate.
SA 414	To provide $2 billion for education block grants to states to be allocated to local educational agencies for any of the purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or Vocational Education Programs by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount.	Judd Gregg R-NH	Amendment SA 414 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 415	To increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds and increase the number of infants and toddlers served and for deficit reduction.	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Amendment SA 415 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 86.
SA 416	To make certain additional funds available for Native American health prevention and treatment programs.	Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO	Amendment SA 416 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 417	To increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut.	Jeff Bingaman D-NM	Amendment SA 417 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 90.
SA 418	To raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Act ("Byrne Grant" program) and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, and to reduce the deficit, by reducing the size of newly proposed tax cuts.	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Amendment SA 418 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 92.
SA 419	To increase the budget authority for Federal "FIRE Act" grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal "FIRE Act" grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local governments to hire additional firefighters and not less that $750,000,000 per year for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training, and to provide for a reduction in the deficit.	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Amendment SA 419 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 91.
SA 420	To redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term.	John B. Breaux D-LA	Amendment SA 420 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 93.
SA 421	To increase funding.	Patty Murray D-WA	Amendment SA 421 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 422	To extend the pay-as-you-go requirement.	Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Amendment SA 422 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 423	To provide increased funding for environmental protection and natural resources conservation.	Jon S. Corzine D-NJ	Amendment SA 423 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 96.
SA 424	To restore funding for vocational education to the fiscal year 2003 level for fiscal years 2004 through 2013.	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Amendment SA 424 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 98.
SA 425	To restore education cuts.	Tom Harkin D-IA	Amendment SA 425 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 53. Record Vote Number: 99.
SA 426	To express the sense of the Senate on low income programs and the income tax on certain Social Security benefits.	Evan Bayh D-IN	Amendment SA 426 ruled out of order by the chair. (consideration: CR S4368; text: CR S4368)
SA 427	To express the sense of the Senate that of the functional totals in this resolution assume that up to $20,000,000 from funds designated, but not obligated, for travel and administrative expenses, from drug interdiction activities should be used for drug addiction treatment programs that utilize substances that block the craving for heroin and that are newly approved for such use by the Food and Drug Administration.	Don Nickles R-OK	Amendment SA 427 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
SA 428	No description on file	Edward M. Kennedy D-MA	Senate amendment submitted
SA 429	To provide additional pay and benefits for active duty, guard, and reserve forces, such as augmenting Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation allowance, and for modernization of equipment, weapons, and technology needs of the National Guard and Reserves in recognition of those currently involved in conflict Operations and the needs of their family members left behind.	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	Amendment SA 429 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 105.
SA 430	To extend the child tax credit until the year 2013.	Lisa Murkowski R-AK	Amendment SA 430 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 106.
SA 431	To express the sense of the Senate regarding extending the $1,000 child credit for three additional years (2011-2013).	Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR	Amendment SA 431 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 1. Record Vote Number: 107.
SA 432	To provide for future consideration of a possible free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Amendment SA 432 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

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Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HCONRES 95	Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013.	Related document	Apr 11, 2003

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Official Title as Introduced: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.
Popular Titles: Budget resolution FY2004

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